zondag 27 februari 2011

Golden girl Elle Fanning may be only 12 years old, but her star is on the rise. Sofia Coppola’s already proclaimed her affection for the young actress, and now the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte have cast her, too: In a Rodarte-costumed short film, The Curve of Forgotten Things, by director Todd Cole. It premieres officially next Tuesday on Nowness, but we’ve got a sneak preview, above. [Nowness]

Rumors confirmed. Manish Arora is the new creative director for Paco Rabanne’s womenswear, debuting his first collection for the label at Spring ‘12 fashion week in Paris this October. [WWD]

The latest Victoria’s Secret model to make her way toward the editorial mainstream? That’d be South African stunner Candice Swanepoel, who bagged big shoots with Mario Testino for VMan and nabbed the cover of Vogue Italia for February. Next up, the runways? [Fashionologie]

And fashion week’s approach has everyone’s nerves a little frayed, it seems. The gossipmongers at Page Six claim that at Thakoon Panichgul’s studio, even his little dog, Stevie, is stressed—she’s reported to have bitten an intern. Team Thakoon denied the claim in print, and took to Twitter to add: “Dear interns present and future, selling stories to Page Six will not get you hired.” Whatever else is or isn’t true, that last bit most certainly is. [Page Six / @ThakoonNY]